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We analyzed the results of non-linear resistive magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) simulations of jet formation to study the acceleration mechanism of axisymmetric, resistive MHD jets. The initial state is a constant angular momentum, polytropic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Kuwabara , K. Shibata , T. Kudoh , R. Matsumoto

The origin of jets in young stellar objects (YSOs) remains a subject of active investigation. We present a 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulation of jet launching in YSOs, focusing on the interaction between the stellar magnetosphere and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-17 Yisheng Tu , Zhi-Yun Li , Zhaohuan Zhu , Xiao Hu , Chun-Yen Hsu

The launching of magnetohydrodynamic outflows from accretion disks is considered. We formulate a model for the local vertical structure of a thin disk threaded by a poloidal magnetic field of dipolar symmetry. The model consists of an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Gordon I. Ogilvie , Mario Livio

Jets launched by active galactic nuclei (AGN) are believed to play a significant role in shaping the properties of galaxies and provide an energetically viable mechanism through which galaxies can become quenched. Here we present a novel…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-30 Rosie Y. Talbot , Martin A. Bourne , Debora Sijacki

Jets and outflows are commonly observed in young stellar objects (YSOs), yet their origins remain debated. Using 3D non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of a circumstellar disk threaded by a large-scale open poloidal magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-03 Yisheng Tu , Zhi-Yun Li , Zhaohuan Zhu , Chun-Yen Hsu , Xiao Hu

We present simulations of thin accretion disks around black holes investigating a mean-field disk dynamo in our resistive GRMHD code (Vourellis et al. 2019) that is able to produce a large scale magnetic flux. We consider a weak seed field…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-28 Christos Vourellis , Christian Fendt

The most accepted model for jet production is based on the magneto-centrifugal acceleration out off an accretion disk that surrounds the central source (Blandford & Payne, 1982). This scenario, however, does not explain, e.g., the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , Pamela P. Piovezan , Luis H. S. Kadowaki , Grzegorz Kowal , Alex Lazarian

Astrophysical disks are likely embedded in an ambient vertical magnetic field. This ambient field is known to drive magneto-rotational turbulence in the disk bulk but is also responsible for the launching of magnetized outflows at the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-31 J. Jacquemin-Ide , G. Lesur , J. Ferreira

Cold steady-state disk wind theory from near Keplerian accretion disks requires a large scale magnetic field at near equipartition strength. However the minimum magnetization has never been tested. We investigate the time evolution of an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Gareth C. Murphy , Jonathan Ferreira , Claudio Zanni

Magnetic fields are fundamental to the dynamics of both accretion disks and the jets that they often drive. We review the basic physics of these phenomena, the past and current efforts to model them numerically with an emphasis on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-19 John F. Hawley , Christian Fendt , Martin Hardcastle , Elena Nokhrina , Alexander Tchekhovskoy

Axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations have been applied to investigate the interrelation of a central stellar magnetosphere and stellar wind with a surrounding magnetized disk outflow and how the overall formation of a large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Christian Fendt

In this letter, we investigate Bondi-like accretion flows with zero or low specific angular momentum by performing 3D general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations. In order to check if relativistic jets can be launched magnetically…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-06 Tom M. Kwan , Lixin Dai , Alexander Tchekhovskoy

Protostellar jets and winds are probably driven magnetocentrifugally from the surface of accretion disks close to the central stellar objects. The exact launching conditions on the disk, such as the distributions of magnetic flux and mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Ruben Krasnopolsky , Zhi-Yun Li , Roger D. Blandford

One of the major open questions related to the production of jets by accreting black holes is: why do sources with similar accretion powers produce so vastly different jet powers? What conditions are required to make a powerful jet? If jets…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-19 Tuomas Savolainen , Wara Chamani

We explore the formation, energetics, and geometry of relativistic jets along with the variability of their central engine. We study both fast and slowly rotating black holes and address our simulations to active galaxy (AGN) centers and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-07 A. Janiuk , B. James

Magnetic fields are known to play a crucial role in the star formation process, particularly in the formation of jets and outflows from protostellar discs. The magnetic field structure in star forming regions is not always uniform and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-27 Isabella A. Gerrard , Christoph Federrath , Rajika Kuruwita

We present numerical magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of a magnetized accretion disk launching trans-Alfvenic jets. These simulations, performed in a 2.5 dimensional time-dependent polytropic resistive MHD framework, model a resistive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Fabien Casse , Rony Keppens

The large-scale magnetic field threading an accretion disk plays an important role in launching jets/outflows. The field may probably be advected inwards by the plasma in the accretion disk from the ambient environment (interstellar medium…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-27 Jiawen Li , Xinwu Cao

The origin of the large-scale poloidal magnetic field required to power relativistic jets in collapsars remains uncertain. While such a field may be inherited during PNS collapse, the efficiency of this process is unclear, motivating an in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-14 Ho-Sang Chan , Ore Gottlieb , Jonatan Jacquemin-Ide , Matteo Cantiello , Mathieu Renzo

We consider dynamo action under the combined influence of turbulence and large-scale shear in sheared jets. Shear can stretch turbulent magnetic field lines in such a way that even turbulent motions showing mirror symmetry become suitable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 V. Urpin